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13th & Park

Hosted by Ballard Partners · news · EN-US

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About this Podcast:

"13th & Park" hosts insightful conversations with special guests covering a broad range of topics from politics and government, to technology, culture, economics and the media. Listeners eavesdrop on what feel like private conversations featuring the savviest and most highly regarded minds in the country. The show, co-hosted by media veterans Adam Goodman and Justin Sayfie, is produced by Ballard Partners in the Ballard Studios in Washington DC.

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Guest openness

Selective

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What is 13th & Park about?

"13th & Park" hosts insightful conversations with special guests covering a broad range of topics from politics and government, to technology, culture, economics and the media. Listeners eavesdrop on what feel like private conversations featuring the savviest and most highly regarded minds in the country.

Who hosts 13th & Park?

13th & Park is hosted by Ballard Partners. The show has published 252 episodes to date.

What has 13th & Park covered recently?

Recent episodes include "Nasdaq's Legal Chief on AI, Trading's Future, and Going Public | John Zecca on 13th & Park" (28 October 2026, 20 minutes), "Plastics Industry CEO Matt Seaholm on American Manufacturing & The Future of Recycling | 13th & Park" (23 October 2026, 21 minutes), and "HereNOW Help CEO Bryan Gray on Closing the Gap Between Veterans and Mental Health Care | 13th & Park" (21 October 2026, 22 minutes).

How often does 13th & Park publish?

13th & Park publishes roughly a few times a week, with episodes averaging 25 minutes across 252 episodes.

How hard is it to get booked on 13th & Park?

Booking probability for 13th & Park is 35%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. 13th & Park requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. 13th & Park's contact route on record: public web form.

About the host

Ballard Partners hosts 13th & Park, a news podcast with 252 episodes published.

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Recent episodes

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  • Episode #68

    Nasdaq's Legal Chief on AI, Trading's Future, and Going Public | John Zecca on 13th & Park

    Oct 28, 202620 minS4

    Send us Fan Mail John Zecca, NASDAQ's Executive Vice President and Global Legal Chief, joins Adam Goodman on 13th and Park for a wide-ranging conversation on what makes American capital markets the envy of the world...

  • Episode #67

    Plastics Industry CEO Matt Seaholm on American Manufacturing & The Future of Recycling | 13th & Park

    Oct 23, 202621 minS4

    Send us Fan Mail Matt Seaholm, President and CEO of the Plastics Industry Association, joins Adam Goodman on 13th and Park for a wide-ranging conversation on what the plastics industry actually makes, how it powers...

  • Episode #65

    World Bank's Ajay Banga on solving the World's Incoming Jobs Crisis | 13th and Park

    Oct 19, 202626 minS4

    Send us Fan Mail World Bank Group President and former Mastercard CEO Ajay Banga joins Adam Goodman on a special edition of 13th and Park to confront one of the defining challenges of our time: over the next 10 to 15...

  • Episode #64

    Blue Origin CEO Dave Limp on Building the Road to Space and Why Earth Needs It | 13th and Park

    Oct 15, 202625 minS4

    Send us Fan Mail Dave Limp, CEO of Blue Origin, joins Adam Goodman on 13th and Park for a wide-ranging conversation about the mission to make humanity a multi-planetary species and what it actually takes to build the...

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  • Episode #63

    Rays CEO Ken Babby on the “forever” ballpark, the Rays way, and the Yankees’ character | 13th & Park

    Oct 12, 202629 minS4

    Send us Fan Mail Tampa Bay Rays CEO Ken Babby joins Adam Goodman on 13th and Park for a wide-ranging conversation on what it takes to build a winning organization on a limited budget, why culture and chemistry are the...

  • Episode #62

    How a Political Journal Changed the Conversation in Washington | Gladden Pappin on 13th and Park

    Oct 10, 202623 minS4

    Send us Fan Mail Gladden Pappin, co-founder of American Affairs and newly joined Ballard Partners, sits down with Adam Goodman on 13th and Park to trace the intellectual and personal journey that brought him from Little...

  • Episode #61

    Mykhailo Bno-Airiian on Feeding the World While Fighting a War | 13th & Park

    Oct 6, 202617 minS4

    Send us Fan Mail Mykhailo Bno-Airian, Vice President of Global Affairs at MHP, joins Adam Goodman at Ballard Studios in Washington DC for a conversation about one of the most overlooked dimensions of the war in Ukraine...

  • Episode #60

    Can a Safety Net Hospital Be the Model for American Healthcare? | Craig Wagoner on 13th & Park

    Oct 2, 202622 minS4

    Send us Fan Mail Craig Wagoner, President and CEO of Community Health System, joins Adam Goodman on 13th and Park for an in-depth conversation about one of California's most consequential but least-known health systems...

  • Episode #59

    Leslie Norwalk: Inside the Rooms Where America's Health Decisions Get Made | 13th and Park

    Oct 1, 202628 minS4

    Send us Fan Mail Leslie Norwalk, former Acting Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services under President George W. Bush, joins Adam Goodman on 13th and Park for a candid inside look at how American...

  • Episode #56

    DRC Ambassador Yvette Kapinga Ngandu on Minerals, Peace, and the US-DRC Partnership | 13th and Park

    Sep 30, 202625 minS4

    Send us Fan Mail Yvette Kapinga Ngandu, the Democratic Republic of the Congo's Ambassador to the United States, joins Adam Goodman on 13th and Park for a sweeping conversation about one of the most strategically...

  • Episode #58

    Amaryllis Fox Kennedy: From the CIA to the White House and What Comes Next | 13th and Park

    Sep 22, 202630 minS4

    Send us Fan Mail Amaryllis Fox Kennedy joins Adam Goodman on 13th and Park for a rare and wide-ranging conversation that moves from the trauma of losing a childhood friend on Pan Am 103 over Lockerbie, to recruiting...

  • Episode #57

    Helios Towers: Connecting Africa, One Cell Tower at a Time | Tom Greenwood on 13th and Park

    Sep 13, 202622 minS4

    Send us Fan Mail Tom Greenwood, CEO of Helios Towers, joins Adam Goodman on 13th and Park for a wide-ranging conversation on Africa's digital transformation and the critical role cell tower infrastructure plays in...

  • Episode #55

    Framed, F*cked & Freed: Rod Blagojevich's Journey from Public Service to Serving Time | 13th & Park

    Sep 1, 202635 minS4

    Send us Fan Mail Former Illinois Governor Rob Blagojevich joins Adam Goodman on 13th and Park for a raw and wide-ranging conversation tied to his forthcoming memoir, Framed, F*cked, and Freed. Blagojevich walks through...

  • Episode #54

    Tal Becker: Inside Israel's Diplomatic Battles and the Fight for Its Future | 13th and Park

    Aug 29, 202629 minS4

    Send us Fan Mail Dr. Tal Becker, Senior Fellow at the Hartman Institute and Counsel to Honigman LLP, joins Adam Goodman on 13th and Park for a wide-ranging conversation on Israel's security, its global image, and the...

  • Episode #53

    Pavan Agarwal on Why AI Is Fixing What Banks Broke for 40 Years | 13th & Park

    Aug 24, 202619 minS4

    Send us Fan Mail Pavan Agarwal, CEO of Celligence and a pioneer in AI-powered mortgage technology, joins Adam Goodman on 13th and Park for a conversation about one of the most consequential barriers to the American...

  • Episode #51

    Oklahoma Senator Alan Armstrong on Fixing America's Broken Permitting System | 13th & Park

    Aug 14, 202624 minS4

    Send us Fan Mail Oklahoma Senator Alan Armstrong joins Adam Goodman on 13th and Park for a candid conversation about what happens when a career energy executive trades the boardroom for the Senate floor with a singular...

  • Episode #50

    Can Congress Save College Sports Before It's Too Late? Senator Eric Schmitt Says Yes | 13th & Park

    Aug 7, 202622 minS4

    Send us Fan Mail Missouri Senator Eric Schmitt joins Adam Goodman on 13th and Park for a conversation that moves from a viral SportsCenter moment to one of the most personal stories in the United States Senate. Schmitt...

  • Episode #49

    Audrey Tang: Designing AI to Unite Us, Not Divide Us | 13th and Park

    Aug 6, 202628 minS4

    Send us Fan Mail Audrey Tang, Taiwan's former digital minister and one of the world's most recognized civic technologists, joins Adam Goodman and Amy Tong on 13th and Park for a conversation about artificial...

  • Episode #49

    The Tech Mindset Every Governor Needs to Hear, From California's Former CIO Amy Tong | 13th & Park

    Aug 1, 202630 minS4

    Send us Fan Mail Amy Tong, former California Chief Information Officer and Secretary of Government Operations, and now a Partner with Ballard Partners and Chair of the Emerging Tech and AI Policy Group, joins Adam...

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